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- the present invention generally relates to cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and, more particularly, to a multi-layered, multifunctional cathode having high conductivity, high catalytic activity, minimized coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch, excellent compatibility to other portions of the fuel cell, and reduced temperature operation.
- SOFCs solid oxide fuel cells
- CTE coefficient of thermal expansion
- a solid oxide fuel cell is an energy conversion device that produces direct-current electricity by electrochemically reacting a gaseous fuel (e.g., hydrogen) with an oxidant (e.g., oxygen) across an oxide electrolyte.
- a gaseous fuel e.g., hydrogen
- an oxidant e.g., oxygen
- the key features of current SOFC technology include all solid-state construction, multi-fuel capability, and high-temperature operation. Because of these features, the SOFC has the potential to be a high-performance, clean and efficient power source and has been under development for a variety of power generation applications.
- an SOFC single cell produces less than 1V.
- single cells are stacked in electrical series to build voltage.
- Stacking is provided by a component, referred to as an interconnect, that electrically connects the anode of one cell to the cathode of the next cell in a stack.
- Conventional SOFCs are operated at about 1000° C. and ambient pressure.
- a SOFC single cell is a ceramic tri-layer consisting of an oxide electrolyte sandwiched between an anode and a cathode.
- the conventional SOFC materials are yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) for the electrolyte, strontium-doped doped lanthanum manganite (LSM) for the cathode, nickel/YSZ for the anode, and doped lanthanum chromite for the interconnect.
- YSZ yttria-stabilized zirconia
- LSM strontium-doped doped lanthanum manganite
- Ni/YSZ for the anode
- doped lanthanum chromite for the interconnect.
- electrolyte-supported and electrode-supported there are two basic cell constructions for SOFCs: electrolyte-supported and electrode-supported.
- the electrolyte is the mechanical support structure of the cell, with a thickness typically between 150 and 250 ⁇ m. Electrolyte-supported cells are used, for example, in certain planar SOFC designs.
- one of the electrodes i.e., the anode or cathode
- the electrolyte is a thin film (not greater than 50 ⁇ m) that is formed on the support electrode. Tubular, segmented-cells-in-electrical-series, and certain planar SOFC designs, employ this type of cell.
- SOFC cells can be further developed and optimized to achieve high power densities and high performance at reduced temperature.
- the electrolyte and cathode have been identified as barriers to achieving efficiency at reduced operating temperatures due to their significant performance losses in current cell materials and configurations.
- YSZ-based SOFCs With YSZ electrolyte-supported cells, the conductivity of YSZ requires an operating temperature of about 1000° C. for efficient operation. For example, at about 1000° C. for an YSZ electrolyte thickness of about 150 ⁇ m and about a 1 cm 2 area, the resistance of the electrolyte is about 0.15 ohm based on a conductivity of about 0.1 S/cm.
- the area-specific resistance (ASR) of the electrolyte is, therefore, about 0.15 ohm-cm 2 .
- ASR area-specific resistance
- a high-performance cell with an ASR of about 0.05 ohm-cm 2 is desired.
- the required thickness (i.e., 15 ⁇ m) of YSZ can be calculated. If the desired operating temperature is less than 800° C., while the ASR remains the same, either the thickness of YSZ must be further reduced or highly conductive alternate electrolyte materials must be used.
- Electrode-supported cells specifically, anode-supported cells
- electrolyte films have been shown high performance at reduced temperatures. Power densities over 1 W/cm 2 at 800° C. have been reported, for example, in de Souza et al., YSZ - Thin - Film Electrolyte for Low - Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Proc. 2 nd Euro.
- the other barrier to achieve efficiency at reduced temperature is the cathode 13 .
- LSM-based cathodes have been used in high-temperature (>900° C.) SOFCs as either a porous structure of sintered LSM particles or as LSM/YSZ mixtures.
- For operation at reduced temperatures (e.g., 700 to 900° C.) optimization of the mixtures of LSM and YSZ in the cathode has resulted in a cathode ASR of 0.2 to 0.3 ohm-cm 2 at 800° C.
- the total cell ASR is typically less than 0.4 ohm-cm 2 .
- FIG. 1 The performance and losses from each of the cell components of a typical thin-film YSZ electrolyte with an Ni/YSZ anode-support electrode and with an optimized LSM/YSZ cathode are showed in FIG. 1 .
- the loss from the cathode contributes to the majority of the total cell performance loss.
- the cell ASR increases significantly due to an increase in both electrolyte resistance and cathode polarization.
- cathode materials are typically designed to overcome the limitations from LSM's oxide ion conductivity described in Steele, Survey of Materials Selection for Ceramic Fuel Cells II. Cathode and Anode, Solid State Ionics, 86-88, p. 1223 (1996), the rate of oxygen exchange reaction on the LSM surface, and the moderate electronic conductivity of LSM.
- One approach involves the development of Ag/yttria-doped bismuth oxide (YDB) cermet cathodes for doped ceria (CeO 2 ) electrolytes.
- YDB Ag/yttria-doped bismuth oxide
- La—Sr—Fe—Co—O system such as La 0.6 Sr 0.4 Fe 0.8 Co 0.2 O 3 (LSCF) and La 0.6 Sr 0.4 CoO 3 (LSC), possess much higher ionic and electronic conductivity compared to LSM.
- LSCF La 0.6 Sr 0.4 Fe 0.8 Co 0.2 O 3
- LSC La 0.6 Sr 0.4 CoO 3
- LSC has a CTE of almost 23 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 in./in./° C.
- LSCF has a CTE of about 14 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 in./in./° C.
- BICUVOX which are made from the Bi—Cu—V—O family, have high oxygen conductivity in certain directions of the molecular structure but are highly reactive and less stable than desired for SOFC applications.
- tape casting is typically used to fabricate these dense membranes.
- a slurry of fine ceramic particles dispersed in a fluid vehicle is cast as a thin tape on a carrier substrate using a doctor blade.
- the tape is then dried, removed from the carrier substrate, and fired to produce a dense substrate.
- deposition techniques such as hand painting, screen-printing, or spray coating are used to attach electrodes to both sides.
- the high ohmic resistance of the thick electrolyte necessitates higher operating temperatures of around 1000° C. to reduce the ohmic polarization losses due to the electrolyte.
- Spray Pyrolysis A solution consisting of powder precursor and/or particles of the final composition is sprayed onto a hot substrate (400 to 600° C.), followed by a sintering step to densify the layer.
- Plasma Spraying A plasma containing fine ceramic particles is projected with a high speed towards a substrate to deposit a thin layer.
- CVD/EVD A dense layer of electron or ion-conducting oxide is deposited on a porous substrate by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD)/electrochemical vapor deposition (EVD) process.
- Sputtering An electrical discharge in argon/oxygen mixture is used to deposit materials on substrates.
- Spin Coating A sol gel precursor is applied to a spinning substrate surface.
- Heat treatment of the coating at relatively low temperatures produces a dense, homogenous, thin layer (0.2 to 2 ⁇ m).
- Dip Coating Porous substrates are immersed in YSZ slurries of colloidal-sized particles. Deposited layers are then dried and fired. Electrophoretic YSZ powder particles are deposited from a Deposition suspension onto a substrate electrode of opposite charge when a DC electrical field is applied. Numerous coating/firing cycles are required to produce a fully dense, 5 ⁇ m layer.
- Tape Calendering Plastic forming process involving squeezing a softened thermo-plastic polymer/ceramic powder mixture between two rollers to produce a continuous sheet of material.
- New cathodes with improved properties must be employed in conjunction with the electrolyte to create a compatible system of fuel cell components. Some of the improvements should include increased catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction, increased ionic conductivity near the interface, and electronic conductivity at the electrode surface.
- the cathode of the present invention provides a high-performance, reduced-temperature SOFC.
- the cathode is based on materials and structures which, when combined, are capable of increased performance in about the 550° to 800° C. operating range while maintaining functional integrity up to about 1000° C.
- the materials and fabrication processes are economical, scalable, and amenable to high-volume manufacture of fuel cells.
- the cathode of the present invention for SOFCs is preferably multi-layered and multifunctional, having high conductivity (about 100 to 5000 S/cm), high catalytic activity, minimized coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch, excellent compatibility to other portions of the fuel cell, such as electrolyte and interconnect, and can operate at reduced temperatures.
- the cathode will allow efficient operation at temperatures between 550 ° to 800° C. rather than the conventional 1000° C.
- the low operating temperature range will enable material selections that are more economical and possess desired characteristics.
- a solid oxide fuel cell comprises an anode, an electrolyte adjacent to the anode, and a cathode adjacent to the electrolyte, with the cathode having a conductive layer adjacent the electrolyte.
- a cathode in a solid oxide fuel cell comprises a conductive layer having a first density, a catalyst layer having a second density that is less than the first density, and a graded composition layer characterized by a graded electronic conductivity and a graded ionic conductivity.
- a method of making a cathode for a solid oxide fuel cell comprises producing a conductive layer having a first density and producing a catalyst layer having a second density that is less than the first density, with the catalyst layer being adjacent the conductive layer.
- a method of making a cathode for a solid oxide fuel cell further comprises producing a graded electronic conductivity in a graded composition layer adjacent a catalyst layer and producing a graded ionic conductivity in the graded composition layer adjacent the catalyst layer.
- FIG. 1 is a graph of voltage versus current density for a prior art solid oxide fuel cell
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross section of a cathode structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the present invention may be utilized in a conventional solid oxide fuel cell comprising an anode, an electrolyte adjacent the anode, and a cathode adjacent the electrolyte.
- the electrolyte is sandwiched between the anode and the cathode.
- the anode can be of any well-known design, such as that described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,286,322 and incorporated herein by reference.
- the anode may be comprised of an anode electrolyte compound that provides ionic conduction and an anode electronic conducting material that provides electronic conduction and catalytic activity.
- the anode electrolyte compound can include doped zirconia, doped ceria and gallate-based oxides.
- Dopants for zirconia can include scandium, ytrrium, other rare earths and Group II elements such as Ca, Sr, Mg, and Ba or oxides of all of the above.
- useful anode electronic conducting materials include transition metals and electronic conducting oxides. Some preferred transition metals include Ni, Co, Cr, Cu and Fe.
- Useful electronic conducting oxides include perovskite oxides with the formula ABO 3 ⁇ d where A is a rare earth element or a combination of rare earth and smaller amounts of a dopant, B is a transition metal or a combination of transition metal with smaller amounts of a dopant, and d is greater than or equal to 0.
- C is one or more of rare earth metals—Ca, Sr, Mg, Ba, Y, Pb, and Bi
- D is one or more tetravalent ions such as Ru, Ti, Zr, and Ce
- the electrolyte 12 may be a thin-film, single or multi-layer structure.
- the electrolyte 12 may be of conventional design such as that shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,741,406 and incorporated herein by reference.
- the electrolyte 12 may be comprised of at least one transition metal reactive compound.
- the electrolyte 12 may be comprised of a compound that is normally chemically reactive with a transition metal that might exist, for example, in the anode.
- the transition metal reactive compound can be, as an example, a gallate compound having gallium and a rare earth metal.
- the rare earth metal is preferably characterized by an atomic number between about 57 to 71.
- a cathode 13 may be particularly useful for about 550 to 800° C. operation in a solid oxide fuel cell.
- the cathode 13 achieves the below mentioned advantages more preferably at about 500 to 800° C. operation.
- the cathode 13 is characterized by an area-specific resistance (ASR) between about 2 to 0.05 ohm-cm 2 at about 500 to 800° C. and, more specifically, not greater than about 0.35 ohm-cm 2 at about 600° C.
- ASR area-specific resistance
- the high performance cathode 13 preferably incorporates particular materials and a number of functional layers for increased oxide ion conductivity (about 0.01 to 10 S/cm at 600° C.) in active cathode areas, increased oxygen reduction reaction rates on the cathode 13 surface, high electronic conductivity (about 100 to 2000 S/cm at 600° C.), and compatibility with the electrolyte.
- the cathode 13 may comprise a conductive layer 20 adjacent the electrolyte 12 , an optional catalyst layer 21 adjacent the conductive layer 20 , and an optional graded composition layer 22 adjacent the catalyst layer 21 .
- the catalyst layer 21 is disposed between the conductive layer 20 and the graded composition layer 22 .
- the materials used in the cathode 13 provide ionic conduction, electronic conduction, and catalytic activity to the cathode 13 .
- the conductive layer 20 which is immediately adjacent to the electrolyte 12 , provides electrons traveling from the graded composition layer 22 into the electrolyte layer 12 and, at the same time, permits oxygen ion traveling from the graded composition layer 22 into the electrolyte layer 12 .
- the conductive layer 20 may preferably be constructed as a dense thin-film ( ⁇ 1 ⁇ m) having a first density greater than about 80% of theoretical. It can have a typical thickness between about 0.1 to 0.2 ⁇ m, although the thickness can vary for the particular application.
- the conductive layer 20 being a dense thin-film with the materials mentioned below is that the activity of the cathode 13 material is sufficient in terms of catalytic activity and a reduction in thickness decreases the path the oxide ions have to travel through the conductive layer 20 .
- the conductive layer 20 may comprise a conductive material having a perovskite, brownmillerite, or pyrochlore structure. More particularly, the conductive material may be selected from ABO 3 ⁇ d , A 2 B 2 O 5 ⁇ d , and C 2 D 2 O 7 ⁇ d wherein A is one or more of rare earth metals, Ca, Sr, Mg, and Ba; B is a transition metal; C is one or more of rare earth metals—Ca, Sr, Mg, Ba, Y, Pb, and Bi; D is one or more tetravalent ions such as Ru, Ti, Zr, and Ce; and d is a number from 0 to 1.
- ABO 3 ⁇ d examples include La 0.5 Sr 0.5 CoO 3 (LSC) which has a very high electronic conductivity (i.e., more than an order of magnitude higher than LSM).
- LSC La 0.5 Sr 0.5 CoO 3
- LSCF derived from partial substitution of Fe in place of Co, has conductivities that are between LSM and LSC.
- Modifications of the perovskite compositions could also include substitution of La by other lanthanides—e.g., Pr or Sm. Such substitutions affect the reactivity of the materials with YSZ and typically decrease as the size of the lanthanide increases. In high-temperature SOFCs (800 to 1000° C.), substituting with Pr for La can increase performance.
- a 2 B 2 O 5 ⁇ d (also written as ABO 2.5 ⁇ d ) include SrFeCo 0.5 O 2.5 ⁇ d that has a high oxide ion conductivity above 500° C., along with moderate electronic conductivity.
- Other variations include substitution of Sr with Bi such as Sr 0.25 Bi 0.5 FeO 2.5 ⁇ d and variation of the Fe to Co ratios such as SrFe 1 ⁇ x Co x O 2.5 ⁇ d where x is a number from 0 to 0.5.
- Pyrochlore structures offer properties similar to perovskites, but allow the incorporation of tetravalent ions.
- C 2 ⁇ x Ca x Ru 2 O 7 ⁇ d also written as CDO 3.5 ⁇ d
- the highly catalytic Ru 4+ ion can be incorporated into this structure.
- the ionic conductivity would be provided by the creation of oxygen vacancies due to partial Ca substitution for Y.
- Other useful examples of C 2 D 2 O 7 ⁇ d include Pb 2 Ru 2 O 7 , Bi 2 Ru 2 O 7 , and Y 2 ⁇ x Ca x Ce 2 O 7 .
- the above conductive materials may have differences in CTE compared to the electrolyte—e.g., LSC has a very high CTE (>20 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 in./in./° C.), whereas LSCF has a moderately high CTE (about 14 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 in./in./° C.). Both are compatible with ceria and LSGM but react with YSZ.
- the CTE difference could be abated by selecting appropriate substitutions in the conductive material and also by the addition of an electrolyte phase, such as ceria and LSGM to form a composite similar to that of LSM/YSZ to minimize CTE difference.
- the addition of an electrolyte phase may also form physical interconnected networks of the electrolyte material, electronic conducting material and porosity.
- the catalyst layer 21 is preferably constructed with a second density that is less than about 75% of theoretical and has a typical thickness between about 1 to 2 ⁇ m.
- the catalyst layer 21 preferably comprises a first catalyst material selected from ABO 3 ⁇ d , A 2 B 2 O 5 ⁇ d , and C 2 D 2 O 7 ⁇ d as outlined above.
- the catalyst layer 21 also comprises a second catalyst material selected from Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, and transition metal ions.
- the selected first catalyst material in the catalyst layer 21 permits oxygen ion travel from the graded composition layer 22 into the electrolyte layer 12 adjacent said conductive layer 20 .
- the oxide ion conductivity can be increased by the creation of oxygen vacancies due to partial element substitution in the first catalyst materials.
- the catalyst layer 21 also causes reduction of oxygen from the gas phase.
- the oxygen reduction reaction is a reaction that produces oxide ions from oxygen molecules.
- the first and second catalyst particles are both active for oxygen reduction; however, the first particles are also capable of oxide ion conduction whereas the second catalyst material has a higher activity than the first but does not have the ability for oxide ion conduction through it.
- active refers to catalyst particles of the catalyst layer 21 where a significant amount of oxygen reduction reactions is taking place.
- the catalyst layer 21 may be produced by applying on the conductive layer 20 dispersed active catalyst particles mixed with the first catalyst materials mentioned above.
- the mixture can be applied by spraying, chemical vapor deposition/infiltration, precursor impregnation, and the like.
- the catalyst particles can be the first catalyst materials or active metals (i.e., second catalyst materials) that are mentioned above.
- the relative amounts of catalyst particles to first catalyst materials may vary, but is preferably about 0.5 to 5 vol. %.
- the cathode 13 may optionally comprise the graded composition layer 22 adjacent the catalyst layer 21 .
- the graded composition layer may preferably comprise an electrolyte material and a non-electrolyte material selected from ABO 3 ⁇ d , A 2 B 2 O 5 ⁇ d , and C 2 D 2 O 7 ⁇ d as described above.
- the electrolyte material provides ionic conduction
- the non-electrolyte material provides electronic conduction and catalytic activity to the cathode 13 .
- the graded composition layer 22 is generally characterized by a graded electronic conductivity and a graded ionic conductivity.
- the graded electronic conductivity preferably increases from a bottom surface 23 to a top surface 24 of the graded composition layer 22 where the bottom surface 23 is that surface immediately adjacent the catalyst layer 21 .
- the graded ionic conductivity preferably decreases from the bottom surface 23 to the top surface 24 of the graded composition layer 22 .
- a graded composition layer 22 could include a 2:1 ratio of electrolyte material/non-electrolyte material near the bottom surface 23 , a 1:2 ratio near the top surface 24 , and a 1:1 ratio at an area intermediate the bottom and top surfaces 23 and 24 , such as in the middle.
- This can be achieved by forming layers of material, such as by spraying, casting or laminating multiple layers, or deposition.
- the top surface 24 may comprise no more than about 50% of the electrolyte material
- the bottom surface 23 may comprise no more than about 50% of the non-electrolyte material.
- the graded composition layer 22 can have a typical thickness of at least about 2 ⁇ m and, more typically, between about 50 to 70 ⁇ m. Similar to the above composition grading, a porosity structure of the cathode 13 could also be graded to improve access of oxidant and decrease any losses due to gas concentration gradients.
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Process | Description |
Spray Pyrolysis | A solution consisting of powder precursor and/or |
particles of the final composition is sprayed onto | |
a hot substrate (400 to 600° C.), followed by a | |
sintering step to densify the layer. | |
Plasma Spraying | A plasma containing fine ceramic particles is |
projected with a high speed towards a substrate | |
to deposit a thin layer. | |
CVD/EVD | A dense layer of electron or ion-conducting oxide |
is deposited on a porous substrate by a chemical | |
vapor deposition (CVD)/electrochemical vapor | |
deposition (EVD) process. | |
Sputtering | An electrical discharge in argon/oxygen mixture |
is used to deposit materials on substrates. | |
Spin Coating | A sol gel precursor is applied to a spinning |
substrate surface. Heat treatment of the coating | |
at relatively low temperatures (˜600° C.) produces | |
a dense, homogenous, thin layer (0.2 to 2 μm). | |
Dip Coating | Porous substrates are immersed in YSZ slurries |
of colloidal-sized particles. Deposited layers are | |
then dried and fired. | |
Electrophoretic | YSZ powder particles are deposited from a |
Deposition | suspension onto a substrate electrode of |
opposite charge when a DC electrical field is | |
applied. Numerous coating/firing cycles are | |
required to produce a fully dense, 5 μm layer. | |
Tape Calendering | Plastic forming process involving squeezing a |
softened thermo-plastic polymer/ceramic powder | |
mixture between two rollers to produce a | |
continuous sheet of material. | |
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